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Distribution Inventory Optimization and AP

Pivoting Toward Recovery: Combining Inventory Optimization and AP

Today’s distribution firms have spent the year facing immense challenges just to keep the lights on. An unexpected revenue drop, staffing challenges, and international supply chain disruption have all come as a result of recent lockdowns, and the path to recovery might still look slower than one may hope. But recovery is coming, and it’s going to be important to keep your business focused on whatever is next.

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Distributors Improve Vendor Relationships

How Distributors Can Rebuild and Reinvigorate Vendor Relationships

Vendor relationships matter now more than ever. After months of trying to stabilize cash flow and collect from customers in order to pay your own vendors, lockdowns are ending and things might finally be looking up. But you’re not out of the woods just yet. You’ve just spent months trying to work with your suppliers’ collections departments, and relations might still be a bit tense at the moment.

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Distribution-Management-Solution

Are You Using a Modern Distribution Management Solution?

Modern cloud-based ERP software gives organizations the opportunity to do business better, easing processes and boosting efficiency that leads to growth. Companies can benefit from implementing a system that manages supply chain and logistics activities, including warehouse management, inventory management, and order management (sales and purchase orders) — while also integrating these activities with financial and sales data.

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Anytime-Anywhere-Access-for-Distribution-Firms

Why Anytime, Anywhere Access Matters for Distribution Firms

For distribution firms, your business is built on client satisfaction. However, in recent years, clients have come to expect more from their distributors and the complexity of the market has created an environment in which your company needs to act more quickly, operate with more efficiency, and see more clearly. With even more change on the horizon, the next few years will be even more disruptive, more tumultuous, and more complex—and it’s on you to adapt to client needs and competitive evolution.

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Food-and-Beverage-Distribution-Challenges

Unique Challenges for Food and Beverage Distributors

Everything about running a distribution firm specializing in food and beverage is a challenge. Expiration dates are short, the regulatory environment is strict, and quality assurance is a must. Worse yet, these pressures come from all sides. Whether a supplier recall leaves you scrambling to communicate with clients, a seasonality fluctuation results in too much or too little product, or a new trend in the food or beverage industry creates supply challenges, the fast-turn world of food and beverage distribution presents unique challenges that require timely decision-making, visibility, control, and collaboration.

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Visibility-for-Wholesale-and-Distribution

Visibility Key for Wholesale and Distribution

The wholesale and distribution business continues to evolve. Pressure from customers, suppliers, and competitors has changed the way distribution firms need to operate. Whether it’s pricing, shipping speed, inventory control, information flow, or one of the many other challenges commonly faced by those who specialize in wholesale and distribution, companies are finding that it’s becoming harder and harder to keep up if disparate systems are holding them back.

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